Cushion-tire.



P. SCHNEIDER.

CUSHION TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 12, 1912.

1,040,431. Patented 001.8, 1912.4

PAUL SCHNEIDER, OF WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI.

CUSHION-TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed February 12, 1912. Serial No. 677,183.

Tovall fr0/10m it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL SoiiNiiinnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the vcity of Tebster Groves, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have iii-- vented a new and useful Improvement in Cushion-Tires, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to cushion tires and has for its principal objects to produce lightand durable tires having the desired resiliency and obviating certain disadvantages of puncturable pneumatic tires. Other vantages to beobtained will hereinafter more fully appear.

The invention consists in the parts and in the arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter desci'ibed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occuig-Figure 1 is a fragmentary view, partly in side elevation and part-ly in section, of a tire showing an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section showing the tire attached to a wheel rim;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the rim members detached; Fig. f1 is a fragmentary inner face view of one of the rim members; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View showing the strut member; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section showing the tii'e used as a core wit-hin an ordinary detachable outer casing in lieu of a pneumatic tube.

The tire comprises an endless helical .spring 1 whose convolutions are wound close together. The spring Wire is wrapped or coated with some treated fabric or other material Zwhich impervious to moisture so as to protect it against corrosioii. Around this helical spring is placed a tubular casing 3 which may be composed of rubber and fabric or of any other desirable material, as for example, a suitable hide possessing rbc requisite durability. Extending around the interior of the helical spring is an endless band or strut 4l of flat metal having suitably notched or serrated edge portions 5 providing seats for the respective convolutions of the spring and preventing undue separation thereof. If desirable, the spring may be @Wound around the strut member 4 while the latter is straight and the spring and strut member afterward bent together into a ring. The meeting ends of the strut member and spring may be respectively Joined in any obvious or desirablemanner. As shownV :in Fig. 5 the ends of the spring are looped and connected by a clip The tire as shown in Fig. 2 is mounted upon a metal rim comprising a member 7 fixed to the wooden felly 8, and a removable .member 9. The lxed member is provided with an annular seat portion 10 (see Fig. 3) and the removable member is provided with a reduced annular portion 11 adapted to fit in said seat portion of the fixed member. The fixed member is provided with a series of lugs 12 having' bolt openings therethrough and the removable member is also provided with a series of lugs 13 having similar alined openings. Bolts Lt are inserted through the openings in the lugs lland 13 and provided with nuts 15. The rim members 7 and 9 are provided on their inner faces with a Series of ribs lf'which take into the easing 3 or indent the latter between the Convolutions of the spring l when said rim men'ibcrs 7 and 9 are drawn together, whereby the tire is prevented from creeping. Obviously, these ribs 1G may be either directly opposite or staggered as desirable.

In some cases the tii'e herein described may be used as a core within an ordinary outer casing 3 in lieu of a pneumatic tube as shown in Fig. f3. In such cases the rim or clencher may be of any desirable or well known detachable type. As shown in the drawing it comprises a melnber 17 fixed on a Wooden fclly 18 and a detachable member 19 having an annular flange portion 20 which perforated to receive the securing bolts 21 having nuts 22.

A tire constructed in accordance with the present invention has considerable resiliency and obviates the annoyance usually due to punctures of the easing. The covering of the spring wire prevents corrosion and rust. and undue deterioration of the qualities of the spring; and the strut member serves to hold the coiivolutions of the spring in place,4

yet permitting the proper compression of the tire when pressure is brought to bear against the tread portion.

Obviously, the tire admits of considerable modification without departing from my invcntion. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the specificl construction and arrangement shown.

Vliat I claim is: l. A cushion tire comprising an outer casing and a core including an endless helical spring and an annular Strut member eXtendinterior of` said spring, said strut member 10 mg around the nnddle of the spring and having serrated marginal portions engaglng havmg seats 1n Wluch the respective conthe respective convolntions of said spring.

volutons of the spring are seated at dia- Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 9th day metrioally opposite sides in a horizontal of February, 1912.

plane. PAUL SCHNEIDER.

2. A cushion tire comprising an endless Vitnesses:

helical spring and an annular strut member Gr. A. PENNINGTON,

comprising a flat band extending around the A. H. CRoIssANT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

